The Coming of the Whirlpool

Destiny, courage, longing, revenge! The first stirring adventure in a brilliant series from award-winning author Andrew McGahan. 'If you go to sea, you will come to the attention of the Ship Kings. And if they discover who you are, they will kill you.' Young Dow Amber is no sailor. But driven by a strange sea-longing he ventures down to the great grim bay known as the Claw. He hopes to learn there of seafaring, but he finds only a fearful people who scarcely dare sail at all, for they have be...